Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-18
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a n,scsDosrd Lecture TO . Cosssegssaea Of
schsolms'snA
Ten thousand school teacherS most Of them
young women, stormed and captured Chi
cago during the week just ended. Lunch
was served to the ~. 900 eech day, - iollows:
loo ham sAndwiches 2,Sl6 tongue sand
wiches; 2oo gallons Of lemonade 6,2sO
glases OF soda water 4.Gso plates Of vanilla
Ice cream 1910 plates Of straw berry Ice
cream (; Is bushels Of mixed cake ; s6S glasses
Of milk l,2sO glasses OF buttermilk S5s
bottles Of ginger ALE
Aprcpos Of the visit Of the schoolma'sms
Ruth Oliver" thus wrote OF them In the
Chicago News
Because Chicago 10 to be invaded by l0OOO
representatives OF concentrated knowledge II
mus. not he expected that they will demon
strate any unusual order and decorum. Ot
all assemblages those com posed exclusively
Of teachers are the most difficult to keep
within the bounds Of discipline. The school.
maam, who In the autocrscy OF her own de-
partment 10 the most ex altiny with her young
charges, who puuishes . backward glance
with black mark, the dropping OF pencil
with the loss OF the offenders recess, and
whisper with detention after regular hours
THE teacher, at the convention, will prove
herself the most tusttentive listener, the most
persistent whisperer and the loudeet giggler.
She will be relieved from the restraints that
encompass her while pursuing her vocation,
and for the time boing will indulge In . care
lesenees OF demeanor that she would not for .
moment tolerate In the little ones who con.
| stitute her subjects In the mimic world OF
their school life. No other monarchy 10 half
40 absolute ~ the one over which primary
school teacher presides. She 10 responsible,
1t is true, to her principal and to the board oi
education tor the standard OF her work - far
| ~ book progress IL concerned, but for the dc
| gree Of moral In fiuence W hich she exerts over
| her pupils, for her consideration OF their
physical needs, for her attitude - . kind,
| patient friend In whom they may trust and
contide, she is responsible to no one bus her
| conscience
The teachers might fiud 1t an interesting
| experiment to adopt for the control of their
] own behavior during the convention some
| OF the rules that prevail In many OF the pub
| lie schools OF Illinois For instance, should
one Of the young ladies be necessarily de-
/ tanned on her way to the opening session
an open bridge may be before her or, pos
sibly, stranger in ths city, ste may mistake
| the locality and 60 several squares out OF her
| way-she may rush into the assembly room
heated ana flushed with the effort she has
made to arrive promptly, but no excuse,
| however, excellent in itself, can be accepted,
for the fault still remains she is three min
utes late. Let her 10 treated precisely - she,
or at least many Of her colleagues, treat theiI
little pupils Oh such occasionA Lead her tC
another department where sit all the highest
dignitaries su pend on her back by meant
OF cord passing around her neck large
| green card bearing the ominous wort
"tardy," escort her back to her room, place
her on the platform, her back toward the -
sembly, that each one OF the II, 900 may hav,
| an opportunity to read OF her heinous offense
| and she may experience . very little Of th'
odium that attaches itself 10 her pupils unde
| similar circumstances
Or Imagine some shy little creature VIII
presidee over the 'old stone school house
| down ON Wild Rose prairie, who has neve
before been outside OF her own county and VIII
| religiously believes this invention to be th,
| greatest assembly of great minds that tim'
| has ever looked upou-!magine this prett,
| pink bud overcome with sudden illness Sh'
| raises u modest little hand to obtain permis
sion for absence from the room, for no matte
how pressing the emergency she must no
| leave her seat without first obtaining permis
| sion for the liberty. But the instructor
| busy with her class, she IL annoyed at thi
interruption and shakes . scowling face.
Let the teachers stand with toes on
| chalked line and arms folded behind them fC
twenty minutes or halt hour. II one forge
| where her feet belong or allows o carelea
hand to fall at her side, send her to her se'
| to make her recitation alone after school
| convention houra Have the 10000 teache
}. march on "tp.tces" three or four times
| succession around one Of our large schoo
rooms and experience in their own snkl
and insteps the aching pain that such an u
. natural mode OF walking entails Let Il
J, primary teachers In particular be put throu6
Just one day Of such restrictions and uni u
Q / and unnecessary discipline - their ON
1 daily routine imposes on their pupils, su
1 | this convention will have taken the first ste
l | toward roofing out the cruel sbUsss whiC
, prevail in many OF our sO-cslled "mod
; primary schools"